SID Annual Conference on Human Righ

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Subject: SID Annual Conference on Human Rights and Human Development 


Dear colleagues in development:

Greetings from the Washington Chapter of the Society for International
Development.

Below please find an announcement for the Society for International
Development?s Annual Conference on the theme of Human Rights and Human
Development: Challenges in Forging a New Partnership.

This is a topic in which the honorable Mary Robinson, UNHCR High
Commissioner for Human Rights, was quoted as saying,  "is one of the
major challenges we are facing today." We hope hope you and your
colleagues will agree.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could post this on your list
serve and/or circulate to your colleagues who might be interested in
these issues.

Thank you very much. We hope to see you at the conference.

Best Regards,

Andrea Camoens
Executive Director
Society for International Development


1999 Society for International Development (SID) Washington Chapter
Annual Conference:  Human Rights and Human Development: Challenges in
Forging a New Partnership

Friday, March 12, 1999, 8:15AM-5:00PM
The George Washington University, The Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW (Between H and I)
Washington, DC

Announcing Our Key Note Speaker: Congressman Tony P. Hall of Dayton, Ohio.

Congressman Tony Hall is chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on
Hunger and he is a founder and one of two House members on the steering
committee of the Congressional Friends of Human Rights Monitors.  He was the
principal U.S. nominator of East Timor Bishop Carlos Belo, winner of the 1996
Nobel Peace Prize.  Mr. Hall has worked actively to improve human rights
conditions around the world, especially in the philippines, East Timor,
Paraguay, South Korea, Romania, and the former Soviet Union.


Program Overview (2/24/99 version)

8:15-9:00 AM
Registration

9:00-10:15AM
Opening Plenary:
?Human Rights and Human Development: Opportunities and Tensions?
(overview presentation on the current debate)

10:30-12:00 Noon
Morning Panel Discussion:
?Protecting and Promoting Human Rights: A View from the Country Level?
(looking beyond the theoretical framework to the policy perspective on
protecting human rights and promoting democracy and the rule of law)

12:00-2:00PM
Luncheon:
?Human Rights and Human Development: New Roles and Alliances in the
Global Arena?
(perspectives from the NGO, donor and corporate sectors)

2:15-3:45PM
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
?A Focus on Development-Related Rights?
1) Women?s Rights as Human Rights
2) Freedom from Poverty: A Right or a Goal?
3) Labor Rights in the New Global Economy: the Roles for Development
Cooperation

4:00-5:00PM
Closing Plenary

4:00-4:25PM
Reports on Afternoon Breakout Sessions by Respective Moderators

4:30-5:00PM
Closing Address
?Integrating Human Rights Concerns into Human Development?
(implications for governments, NGOs and bilateral and multilateral donor
agencies)



Featuring the Following Speakers (Confirmed)

Burns, Sarah, SID, UNDP-Washington Office;  Cavanagh, John, Institute for
Policy
Studies;  Chase, Robert, SID, World Learning;  Collingsworth, Terry,
International Labor Rights Fund;  Covington, Mary, International Labor
Organization;  Davaadrj, Sarangua, International Law Institute;  Eldridge,
Joe,
American University;  Garber, Larry, USAID;  Gerson, Leslie, US State
Department;  Golodner, Linda, National Consumers League;  Goold, Bill,
Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO;  Huang, Margaret,
Asia Foundation;  Jacobson, Jodi, Center for Health and Gender Equity;
McGowan,
Lisa, Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO;  Moody, Jim, InterAction;  Morden, Cheryl,
International Center for Research on Women;  Morey, Roy D., UNDP-Washington
Office;  Pelletreau, Pam, Center for Global Peace, American University;
Ralph,
Reagan, Women?s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch;  Rosales, Carlos,
Inter-American Dialogue;  Russel, Grahame, Guatemala Partners;  Sfeir-Younis,
Alfredo, World Bank;  Takirambudde, Peter, Africa Division, Human Rights
Watch;
Wani, Ibrahim, International Human Rights Law Group;  Zwenig, Frances, US
ASEAN
Business Council;

And More....


Please print out the registration form below and mail it accompanied by
check payable to:

The Society for International Development
1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 720, Washington, DC 20009-5728

Registration Form (One Person per Form Please)

Name______________________________

Phone______________________________


Please circle the appropriate member category and indicate the program
you plan to attend by circling the appropriate program directly below
the category:

MEMBER
Conference Only ($45)
Luncheon Only ($40)
Conference and Luncheon ($65)

NON-MEMBER
Conference Only ($50)
Luncheon Only ($45)
Conference and Luncheon ($80)

STUDENT
Conference Only ($25)
Luncheon Only ($25)
Conference and Luncheon ($40)



ENCLOSED AMOUNT_________________

REGISTER TODAY; SPACE IS LIMITED!!

Please contact the Chapter Office at (202) 884-8590 for additional
information.